Red-faced Liocichla
Liocichla phoenicea
Brightly-colored medium-sized laughingthrush. Brownish overall with a sooty-black eyebrow and bright red face and wing panel. Shy and difficult to see; moves through dense undergrowth of tropical broadleaf forest singly, in pairs, or in flocks (sometimes with other species). Song is a short but beautiful bout of whistles and warbling: “chew-cho-chew-cheuuwee.” Also gives loud buzzy and rattling notes when foraging.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Liocichla phoenicea
- Authority
- (Gould, 1837)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Leiothrichidae
- Genus
- Liocichla
Range and habitat
L. phoenicea is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Northeast India, Nepal and western Yunnan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist, montane forests. When foraging, it moves through the dense undergrowth of tropical broad-leaf forest in pairs, or in flocks with or without other species.
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- declining
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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